Two men were shot outside restaurants on 14th Street NW in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening.
The shooting occurred around 8:20 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street and Riggs Street NW. Both victims were conscious and breathing when police arrived on the scene and were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters Thursday night that officers were searching for several suspects in connection with the shooting.
A video tweeted by the police department shows the suspects, one in a black hooded sweatshirt and one in a lighter colored hooded sweatshirt, racing toward an older black sedan.
Multiple reporters shared accounts of the incident unfolding on Twitter.
CNN’s Jim Acosta shared video of people fleeing Le Diplomate restaurant as shots rang out.
Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s White House correspondent, said she was pulling up to the intersection as the shooting happened. She reported seeing one gunman shoot at someone multiple times.
Igor Bobic, a reporter for HuffPost, shared photos on Twitter of a police presence and what appeared to be police aiding a man inside the restaurant.
Another person who was at a Mexican restaurant nearby said she feared she was going to die after she heard the gunshots.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) told reporters at the scene Thursday night that she was “outraged.”
“I’m outraged, the chief is outraged and the community should be outraged,” she said.
The shooting comes less than a week after a shooting outside of Nationals Stadium left at least four people injured.
Updated at 11:23 p.m.